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Welcome to Law Salary Central, salary information available exclusively for Vault Gold Members.

The chart below summarizes salary information gathered by Vault's law editors in the while compiling law firm guides, including the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms, and Vault?s regional law firm guides (Vault Guide to the Top Southeastern Law Firms, Vault Guide to the Top Mid-Atlantic Law Firms, etc.). If you have salary information to report, contact us at editors@staff.vault.com

EXPLANATION OF PREVIEW CHART: The $$$ symbols on the chart below indicate salary or bonus information actually available to Gold Members. "N/A" or "No info given" indicates information not available.

F I R M S :    A ? H  |  I ? O  |  P ? W
Firm/Location
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 Summer Associates
Ice Miller LLP
Indianapolis, IN (December 2006)

 $$$
 N/A
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Irell & Manella LLP
All offices (August 2006)

 $$$
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Jackson Walker L.L.P.
All offices (August 2006)
 $$$*
 N/A
 N/A
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 $$$
* Plus guaranteed $$$ bonus
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP
Los Angeles, CA (August 2005)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation
Texas offices; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, Pasadena, CA; Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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New York, NY (August 2005)
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Jenner & Block LLP
Chicago, IL; Washington, DC (January 2007)
 $$$
 $145,000
 N/A
 N/A
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 $$$
New York, NY (January 2007)
 $$$
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Jones Day
Cleveland & Columbus, OH; Pittsburgh, PA (August 2006)
 $$$
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Houston, TX; Chicago, IL; All California offices (August 2006)
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Dallas, TX (February 2007)
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New York, NY (August 2006)
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Washington, DC (August 2006)
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 N/A
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Atlanta, GA (February 2007)
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 N/A
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Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre L.L.P.
All offices (May 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP
New York, NY (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Washington, DC (February 2007)
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 $$$
 N/A
 $$$
New York, NY (February 2007)
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 N/A
 $$$
Kaye Scholer LLP
Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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New York, NY (January 2007)
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Keesal, Young & Logan, P.C.
Long Beach, CA (2005)
 $$$
 N/A
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Keker & Van Nest
New York, NY (February 2007)
 $$$
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 $$$
 N/A
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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
New York, NY (February 2007)
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Washington, DC; McLean, VA (March 2007)
 $$$
 N/A
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Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P.
All offices (May 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
New York, NY (August 2006)
 $$$
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Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
All offices (May 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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King & Spalding LLP
Atlanta, GA (February 2007)
 $$$
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Houston, TX (August 2006)
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New York, NY (January 2007)
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 N/A
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Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Chicago, IL; Washington, DC (February 2007)
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
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 N/A
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All California offices (February 2007)
 $$$
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 N/A
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New York, NY (February 2007)
 $$$
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 N/A
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Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
Boston, MA; Los Angeles, Palo Alto & San Francisco, CA (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Washington, DC (March 2007)
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Dallas, TX; Pittsburgh, PA (August 2006)
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Harrisburg, PA (August 2006)
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Miami, FL (August 2006)
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Newark, NJ (August 2006)
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New York, NY (February 2007)
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Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Atlanta, GA (August 2005)
 $$$
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 N/A
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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
New York, NY (January 2007)
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Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
All offices (May 2006)*
 $$$
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 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
*Associates are also eligible for a guaranteed bonus up to $$$/year if they meet their billable hours.
Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP
New York, NY (August 2005)
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
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 N/A
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Kutak Rock LLP
Omaha, NE (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Denver, CO (August 2006)
 $$$
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Latham & Watkins LLP
All US offices except New York, NY, London, Milan, Moscow and Asia (February 2007)
 $$$
 $$$
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New York, NY; London; Milan; Moscow; Asia (February 2007)
 $$$
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LeClair Ryan, A Professional Corporation
All offices (May 2006)
 $$$*
 N/A
 N/A
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 $$$
*incl. grad. bonus, bar expenses, profit sharing and benefits
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP
New York, NY; Washington, DC (January 2007)
 $$$
 $$$
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Houston, TX; Boston, MA; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA (May 2007)
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 N/A
Albany, NY (May 2007)
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Chicago, IL (May 2007)
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Hartford, CT (May 2007)
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Jacksonville, FL (May 2007)
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Lewis and Roca LLP
Phoenix, AZ (December 2006)
 $$$
N/A
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Leydig, Voit & Mayer LLP
Chicago, IL (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Linklaters
New York, NY (March 2007)
 $$$
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Various offices (August 2005)
 $$$
 N/A
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Lionel Sawyer & Collins
Las Vegas, NV (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Littler Mendelson, P.C.
San Francisco, Los Angeles, CA; Boston, MA (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Chicago, IL; New York, NY; San Jose, CA; Walnut Creek, CA (August 2006)
 $$$
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Philadelphia, PA; San Diego, CA (August 2006)
 $$$
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Washington, DC (August 2006)
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Atlanta, GA; Dallas, Houston, TX; Long Island, NY; Newark, NJ (August 2006)
 $$$
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Columbus, OH; Miami, FL; Phoenix, AZ (August 2006)
 $$$
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Sacramento, CA (August 2006)
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Charlotte, NC; Columbia, SC; Pittsburg, PA; Seattle, WA (August 2006)
 $$$
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Denver, CO; Indianapolis, IN; Las Vegas, NV; Minneapolis, MN (August 2006)
 $$$
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Reno, NV (August 2006)
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Fresno, CA (August 2006)
 $$$
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Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP
All offices (August 2006)
 $$$
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Loeb & Loeb, LLP
Los Angeles, CA (May 2006)
 $$$
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Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP
Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
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Atlanta, GA (August 2006)
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Lovells
Chicago, IL (August 2006) $$$
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New York, NY (March 2007) $$$
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Lowenstein Sandler PC
Roseland, NJ (August 2006)
 $$$
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Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, LLP
San Diego, CA (May 2006)
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Los Angeles, CA (August 2006)
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Southern California offices (May 2006)
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Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
Chicago, IL (December 2006)
 $$$
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Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.
All offices (May 2006)
 $$$
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Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
Chicago, IL; LA & Palo Alto, CA (August 2006)
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 N/A
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Washington, DC (January 2007)
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Charlotte, NC (August 2006)
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Houston, TX (August 2006)
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New York, NY (January 2007)
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McAfee & Taft, A Professional Corporation
Oklahoma City, OK (August 2007)
 $$$
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McDermott, Will & Emery
Boston, MA; California; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC offices (February 2007)
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New York, NY (February 2007);
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McDonough Holland & Allen PC
Sacramento & Oakland, CA (May 2006)
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McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P.
All offices (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
All offices (August 2005)
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McGuireWoods LLP
Richmond, VA (August 2006)
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Washington, DC/McLean, VA (August 2006)
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McKee Nelson LLP
New York, NY (March 2007) $$$
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Washington, DC (March 2007) $$$
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All other offices (August 2006) $$$
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McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP
Atlanta, GA (February 2007)
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Los Angeles, San Diego, CA; Washington, DC (February 2007)
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Denver, CO (February 2007)
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McNair Law Firm, P.A.
All offices (May 2005)
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Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Milwaukee & Madison, WI (December 2006)
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Chicago, IL (December 2006)
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
All offices (January 2007)
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Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP
New York, NY (August 2005)
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Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Baltimore, MD (August 2006)
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Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Washington, DC (August 2006)
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Miller & Martin PLLC
Atlanta, GA (May 2006)
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Nashville, TN (May 2006)
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Chattanooga, TN (May 2006)
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Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.
Detroit, MI (December 2006)
 N/A
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 $$$
Miller Johnson
Grand Rapids, MI (December 2006)
 $$$
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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
Boston, MA; Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
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Various offices (August 2005)
 $$$
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Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Los Angeles, CA (May 2006)
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Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A.
Albuquerque, NM (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Moore & Van Allen PLLC
All offices (May 2006)
 $$$
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 N/A
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Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.
New York, NY (February 2007)
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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
All California offices (August 2006)
 $$$
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Chicago, IL; Princeton, NJ; Washington, DC (February 2007)
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New York, NY (March 2007)
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Dallas, TX (August 2006)
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Miami, FL (August 2006)
 $$$
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Morris, Manning & Martin L.L.P.
All offices (May 2006)
 $$$
 N/A*
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2nd-7th years: The firm is not lockst